The next day at noon.
Iruka guarded the school gate with full confidence, while also deploying several Shadow Clones in the vicinity, just waiting for Naruto to take the bait.
However, he waited until almost class time and still didn’t see a trace of Naruto.
He assumed Naruto realized he couldn’t win and had obediently gone to class, but when he arrived at the classroom, well, the seat was empty.
But there wasn’t enough time, so he had to go to class first and let his Shadow Clones search around, and they actually found something.
Beside a wall, a patch of ground had been disturbed.
The Shadow Clone dug a bit, and a narrow tunnel leading outside the school immediately appeared.
After receiving the message from the Shadow Clone, Iruka couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
“You are the Nine-Tailed, a fox, not a rat.
Why are you so skilled at digging holes?”
Today’s match, Iruka was defeated.
Time came to the noon of a new day, and Iruka no longer waited idly for the rabbit.
He began to take the initiative, searching for Naruto everywhere in the school.
Since school ended at twelve o’clock, the condition given by the Third Hokage was that he could only leave the school gate at one o’clock, but there was a half-hour lunch break.
Therefore, the hide-and-seek battle between Iruka and Naruto lasted for half an hour.
Just as he was searching, he suddenly saw a patch of disturbed soil.
The corner of his mouth crooked.
“Good kid, playing this trick again?”
He immediately chased out along the tunnel; however, he had completely forgotten that Naruto was not allowed to go out at this time.
He was just blinded by the prospect of victory and had forgotten the details of the rules.
Meanwhile, far away in the Hokage Building, the Third Hokage saw him enter the tunnel and couldn’t help but slap his own forehead, because he had previously seen through the crystal ball that Naruto was currently eating with Hinata in a hallway.
By the time Iruka realized what happened and returned to the school, Naruto had long since disappeared.
Iruka was defeated again.
Afterwards, the two engaged in a year-long hide-and-seek battle.
Honestly, even Naruto admired Iruka’s perseverance; for a whole year, he was tireless every single day.
Of course, it was also possible that he was just angered by Naruto.
Over this year, Naruto had used almost all of the Art of War, and Iruka had never managed to catch him even once, and was even tricked by Naruto’s Shadow Clones several times, which made Iruka so angry he was fuming.
Of course, that wasn’t the most infuriating part.
The most infuriating thing was that Naruto had bribed all his classmates with delicious food to help him, directly turning a one-on-one into a one-on-many.
However, he used regular ingredients, so there were no special effects.
The old Third Hokage couldn’t stop it even if he wanted to, because Naruto had bribed him too, using ingredients with special effects.
When Iruka came to complain, the Third Hokage dismissed him on the grounds that there was no rule against asking for help.
However, this did give Iruka a reminder; he could also ask for help.
But then he thought, as a teacher, he couldn’t even handle his own student, which was already embarrassing enough.
If he were to ask other teachers to help deal with a group of children, that would be going too far.
He was righteous, but the Third Hokage was dumbfounded.
How come he hadn’t noticed before that this kid Iruka was so stubborn?
“You’ve been played by your own student for a whole year, don’t you feel ashamed?”
The Third Hokage didn’t know that Iruka truly didn’t feel ashamed.
He only felt that his student was quite impressive and would definitely become a powerful Ninja in the future.
Unknowingly, Iruka had come to regard Naruto as his student; it was just that the process of this change in mindset was a bit…
well.
But impressive as he was, classes still had to be attended.
What kind of logic was it for a student not to attend class?
It must be said, the Third Hokage was right; Iruka was indeed stubborn.
Today, just as Naruto walked out of the school gate, he ran into someone who surprised him: Uchiha Sasuke.
At this time, Sasuke had long lost his former innocence and arrogance; only a cold expression remained on his face.
The reason was that he had just experienced the night of his clan’s annihilation and had only just been discharged from the hospital.
“Please wait a moment.” As Naruto passed by him, Sasuke spoke up to stop him.
Naruto turned his head, not speaking, just looking at Sasuke with a puzzled expression.
“Please sell me some of that food of yours.” Sasuke bowed deeply to Naruto; he was also someone who had eaten Naruto’s food.
The reason was that one day at noon, he had forgotten to bring his lunch, and Naruto, seeing his awkward state, had given him some food.
It was just because he was preparing food for Hinata at the time and forgot to change the ingredients.
By the time Naruto remembered this, Sasuke had already eaten it.
Helplessly, Naruto could only tell Sasuke to keep it a secret, and Sasuke indeed hadn’t told anyone; he just came over to mooch a meal from time to time.
At first, he was indeed quite embarrassed, but this kind of good thing where one could become stronger just by eating allowed him to overcome his inner shyness.
Naruto looked at Sasuke, who was bending and bowing in front of him, and couldn’t help scratching his head.
He didn’t dislike Sasuke; after all, bearing the blood feud of the entire Uchiha was a heavy burden, and being unscrupulous was normal.
It was just that he liked to act cool a bit too much, but it wasn’t impossible to fix; after all, didn’t Naruto eventually fix him later?
Yes, the only thing Naruto disliked about Sasuke was that this guy was extremely good at acting cool, and often did it suddenly in an intangible way.
As for the rest, as the only normal person in the entire Hokage series, he actually quite appreciated Sasuke.
And this was a major asset for slaughtering gods in the future.
As long as he influenced him subtly, when the two of them joined forces, the entire Ninja World could be said to be invincible.
Thinking of this, Naruto patted Sasuke on the shoulder and said, “Do you want to become stronger?”
Hearing Naruto’s words, Sasuke was stunned, then looked up and saw Naruto’s sunshine-like smile.
He swore he had never seen such a dazzling smile; it was just like the sun.
Well, this was indeed true.
After all, it was noon, and from Sasuke’s angle, the sun was right behind Naruto’s head.
When Naruto smiled, it was like the sun was grinning, so it was indeed a sunshine-like smile.
It just made his eyes hurt a little.
“If you want to become stronger, then come with me.” Saying this, Naruto turned and walked away.
Sasuke was stunned for a long while before following Naruto and leaving the school.
Sasuke got what he wanted, but Iruka was about to go crazy.
Originally, it was just Naruto skipping class, but now Sasuke, who had just come out of the hospital, was also gone.
He was so angry that he immediately created a Shadow Clone to find the Third Hokage.
As a result, the Third Hokage told him that Sasuke had been kidnapped by Naruto.
He was completely dumbfounded.
Didn’t this mean the number of people playing hide-and-seek would increase in the future?
Could this damn class even be taught anymore?
On Naruto’s side, when he planned to take Sasuke to train, Kurama started protesting to Naruto in the Sealing Space.
“Kid, I don’t like people from the Uchiha.” The fox said, frowning.
At the same time, it ate a mouthful of rice with toppings using a spoon; the spoon was crafted by melting a pile of kitchen knives.
Before, he used concrete because his body was too small and it was hard to forge, but now that his body had grown, the steel in the system shop became the raw material for him to craft things.
The fox’s food bowl, wine glass, cola cup, and chopsticks were all replaced by Naruto.
It must be said that this made the fox happy for a long time; after all, things made of concrete had a bit of a taste, and the fox’s sense of smell was very sensitive.
“I didn’t ask you to teach him anyway.” Naruto rolled his eyes and retorted, which made the fox so angry it ate two more bowls of rice.
When he brought Sasuke to the spot, Naruto directly had Sasuke start with physical training, and incidentally, took out one serving each of the three types of dishes that currently had the best effect on improving strength for Sasuke to eat.
At the same time, he told Sasuke that this stuff could only be eaten once a day, and eating more had no effect.
Sasuke was a bit disappointed by this, but didn’t say much.
After all, they were not related, and the fact that the other party was willing to help him was already something to be grateful for.
Sasuke was still just a child, and the family etiquette of the Uchiha was still maintained.
After thanking Naruto, he started to eat.
Afterwards, Naruto took Sasuke and began physical training.
Soon, an hour passed.
Sasuke was already lying on the ground unable to move, while Naruto was still full of vigor, doing push-ups with a huge concrete block on his back.
Seeing this, the corner of Sasuke’s eye twitched.
Is this thing even human?
Doesn’t he ever feel tired?
“Kid, you are really too weak.” Glancing at Sasuke lying on the ground, Naruto couldn’t help but crook the corner of his mouth and said.
The tone was exactly the same as when the fox mocked Naruto.
Sasuke was speechless, wanting to refute but not knowing how to speak.
But, you are clearly a kid too, where do you get the nerve to call me a kid?
And I’m older than you, okay!
“Get up and continue.” Naruto continued to speak in the fox’s tone.
Sasuke’s eyelids twitched.
Still continue?
This guy really doesn’t treat me like a human, right?
Seeing that Sasuke hadn’t moved for a long time, Naruto put away the concrete block on his back, came to Sasuke’s side, and scratched his head, looking at Sasuke who was lying on the ground with dull eyes.
“Why aren’t you getting up?”
Hearing this, Sasuke glanced at Naruto, then continued looking at the sky.
If he weren’t unable to move, Sasuke would definitely grab Naruto by the neck and ask him if he was blind, and by the way, drag Naruto down with him.
Seeing that Sasuke still had no reaction, Naruto suddenly thought of something, and immediately shouted in his heart.
“Kurama, lend me some Chakra.”
“Not lending.”
The fox refused without even thinking.
Are you kidding?
It would rather let this Chakra rot in its stomach or throw it away than let an Uchiha kid use it.
“If you don’t lend it to me, I’ll cut off your food supply.” Naruto narrowed his eyes and said in his heart.
“Kid, are you threatening me?”
The fox, leaning against the wall, slapped the ground, sending the layer of concrete and bricks Naruto had laid flying everywhere.
He immediately wanted to get up and give this kid a piece of his mind, but unfortunately, at this moment, he was already a sphere.
The entire fox wobbled twice like a turtle trying to flip over, failed to get up, and leaned back against the wall.
Then it tried to get up again, two paws stretched out in mid-air, trying hard to push forward, and then failed to get up again, leaning back.
This whole process was unbearable for Naruto to watch.
Honestly, he regretted feeding this fox.
Who could tell him why something that was clearly a Chakra aggregate could actually grow fat?
Now this thing was as fat as a ball.
If thrown out, no one would think it was a fox.
It really is “the bigger the orange, the heavier it is,” right?
“I say, can you eat a little less?
Aren’t you afraid of being laughed to death if you go out looking like this?” Naruto looked at the fox struggling to get up and couldn’t help but say.
“Stop with the snide remarks.
Just wait until I get up, and see if I don’t beat you up.”
“Alright, you old timer, keep struggling.
I’ll take the Chakra myself.”
Naruto entered the Sealing Space, directly placed his hand on the fox, and began to absorb Chakra.
Before long, his whole body turned golden.
Outside, a layer of red bubbles appeared on Naruto’s hand.
He placed this hand on Sasuke’s shoulder, and immediately, the bubbles began to spread over Sasuke’s body.
Before long, it covered his whole body, forming a shape similar to a fox.
Retracting his hand, feeling the Chakra in his body, Naruto couldn’t help but curl his lip.
This tsundere fox who says one thing but does another.
If it really didn’t want to give it, it could have slapped him away when he got close.
Now it’s still there pretending to be a turtle flipping over; what clumsy acting.
Just as Naruto was thinking this, suddenly a tail whipped towards him, instantly knocking him against the wall, and then he fell to the ground.
“Kid, are you asking for a beating?” Naruto just climbed up from the ground and shook his head when the fox’s voice came directly, instantly making Naruto remember something.
Uh, forgot that when using the Golden Body Mode, one would share thoughts with this fox.
Damn, I was careless!
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